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SHAN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A branch of the Tai languages
Synonyms:
Shan; Tai Long
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Shan" is a kind of...):
Tai (the most widespread and best known of the Kadai family of languages)
Context examples:
I am sure I shan't get a wink of sleep all night.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
Don't fancy that you will be any inconvenience to me, for I shan't put myself at all out of my way for you.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
I am aware of that; and that's the reason why I insist upon it, that there shan't be a word about it in his Memorial.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
Don't be frightened, I guess I shan't have it badly.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
And on the gentlemen's approaching, one of the girls moved closer to her than ever, and said, in a whisper: The men shan't come and part us, I am determined.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
Take my word for it, that, if I am alive, I shall be paying a visit at Delaford Parsonage before Michaelmas; and I am sure I shan't go if Lucy an't there.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
Shan't I see mama?
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
"Hush! He'll hear. Shan't I call Mother?" said Meg, much troubled.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
However, I shan't say anything against them to YOU; and to be sure they did send us home in their own chariot, which was more than I looked for.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
“No, no, Dan'l,” she returned, “I shan't be that. Doen't you mind me. I shall have enough to do to keep a Beein for you” (Mrs. Gummidge meant a home), again you come back—to keep a Beein here for any that may hap to come back, Dan'l.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
